More than two years after beginning the acquisition process, Swiss pharmaceutical Novartis said Thursday that it had completed the purchase of a 77% stake in U.S. eye-care company Alcon from food giant Nestl�, paying $28.3 billion for the remaining 52% of Alcon that Nestl� owned. Continue reading Novartis Completes Purchase of Alcon Majority Stake from Nestle Novartis Completes Purchase of Alcon Majority Stake from Nestle originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:40:00. Filed Under: Company News , Health Care , Novartis , Nestle , Stocks in the News Permalink | Tweet this! | Comments